Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-17
A NEW YORK DISPATCH.

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 The Prisoners and Their Bravado Demeanor-A Boot Backing EPi- sode at the Grand Central Depot.
 NEW YORK, May 16.-The two murderers Taylor and Chamberlain, who are charged with and who have also confessed to the
 murder of Mrs. Ernst, the New Haven saloon
 keeper, were taken to that city to-day. Chief
 Bollman and Detectives Brewer and Reilly of
 New Haven arrived in New York this morn
 ing with the papers necessary for the trans
 fer of the prisoners to the Connecticut au-
 thorities. Inspector Byrnes of this city, who obtained the confessions from the men after his detectives had made their arrest, at
 once turned the prisoners over to Chief
 Bollman. To avoid any difficulty on the way
 Inspector Byrnes detailed Detectives Cos
 grove and Mcguire of his own staff
 to accompany the men, The
 prisoners were then taken to the Grand Gen.
 tral depot. On the way they displayed the same cool and apparently unconcerned man.
 ner which has distinguished them since they
 were arrested; and on the way to the depot
 Chamberlain asked the officers to stop and
 let him get his boots shined. The officers
 complied with their prisoners wish while
 they were waiting for the "train at the depot.
 As the Italian briskly rubbed the brush over
 the boots of the murderer Chamberlain
 coolly remarked, fWell, guess this will be
 the last shine I'll get in New York" There
 was large crowd in the station and the
 tougher element from the lower parts of this
 city looked upon Chamberlain with consid-
 erable admiration after his bravado speech.
 The prisoners were then placed in the two
 forward seats of the smoker and the crowd
 followed and stood around the car until the
 train drew out of the depot.
 A Look at Inspector Byrnes and His
 Brilliant Record of Police Service
 His MethO ds and Opinions.
 A glance at Inspector Byrnes of New
 York, his office, record of service, etc., is
 given in the New York Tribune ss follows:
 Inspector Byrnes' apartments are carefully secluded from the rest of the building by 8
 series of outer rooms and passageways. When they are finally reached they show 8 handsome business office, the walls of which are adorned with pictures of noted crim inals and with sketches in black and white illus trative of exciting scenes in which the in
 spector has officially participated. Byrnes is remarkable man. He joined the police force as patrolman twenty four years ago. He rose gradually from the ranks until in 1870 he was made captain of the Fifteenth precinct, which included the territory from Houston to Fourteenth street and from
 Third to Sixth avenues. At that time the thugs thieves, gamblers and criminals of all
 description who now essay to live under con-
 ditions, be it truly said, that do credit to
 their ingenuity in Captain Williams precinct
 were all quartered in Byrnes'. He was 8
 very young man and full of ambition. He
 quickly became the master of his precinct.
 Circumstances did much to favor his rise.
 The detective bureau was in the hands of
 Captain Keeley and it had become 8
 nest of sinecures. It was thoroughly in
 efficient and was the subject of considerable
 scandal as we'll. The Manhattan bank robbery.
 one of the greatest criminal feats ever per
 formed, occurred. The detective bureau did absolutely nothing to unravel the mystery, but Captain Byrnes did, and one by one the thieves fell into his clutches. Every man of them is in Sing Sing except one, who escaped to California, got himself into trouble there and is now serving an eight yeaTs' sentence. His time will be up in week or two, and al. ready Byrnes' men are out there with a requi- sition waiting to bring him back here for trial. The murder of Mrs. Lord by Chastine Cox and the garroting of Mrs. De Barry in open daylight served to intensity public dis gust at the way things were managed and emphasized the demand for a change Byrnes was asked to take the bureau. He consented upon the conditions that he be made an inspector and given full power to reorganize the department. These terms
 were conceded and in 1880 he received his
 latest appointment.
 He proceeded to shake things up in the
 most approved fashion. He pitched all the
 old detectives out of their soft berths with
 out ceremony. Only four of the old men
 were left He surrounded himself with a
 lot of young men, ambitious fellows devoted to him and ready for any peril or work. The efficiency of his administration is seen in the fact that since he became inspector the largest robbery committed in New York | amounted to only 5000. That was the cap ture of the contents of butchers cart. Un- der Byrnes are about fifty detectives, men who can speak all languages and whose man ners are as assorted as their particular lines
 of service. All the great thieves, the noted men who make robbery fine art and study | it as an artist studies color and composition, l have been driven from New York
 The inspector looks what he is, cun- | ming, sharp, cold d-blooded, courageous, deter | mined man, fearful of nothing and daunted | 1t nothing. He is tall and powerfully built I with dark red complexion, heavy brown | mustache, eyes as bright as jewels, with 8 | motion indescribably quick. He understands | well enough that in his business the methods l of the Sunday school will not succeed. He | knows, however distastefu1 it may be, that criminals must be fought with thsir own | weapons. They all know his ways, and yet l they never fail to fall into his traps. His methods are as varied as human nature but the same general principle runs through them all. He aims, first, to put himself in the place of the criminal and to run him down by following up what
 he himself would have done under similar
 circumstances. Having nabbed the person q